With daylight saving time here, 8 p.m. sunsets are on their way

The clocks have sprung forward this morning, and that can cause several changes to our everyday lives. The most obvious change is the hour of sleep we’re losing this weekend, so don’t be afraid to take a midday snooze this afternoon.

Another change will be a shift in when we hit our high temperatures throughout Texas. During the winter, that was about 2 to 3 p.m. Now, we won’t hit our high temp until about 4 p.m. or later each day.

One thing many of us are looking forward to are the later sunsets. Thanks to daylight saving time, sunset times today are more than an hour later than they were Saturday. And as we push into spring and summer, they’re getting later and later each day.

In fact, sunsets are already getting close to 8 p.m. Here in San Antonio, today’s sunset will occur at 7:39 p.m., according to timeanddate.com. By the end of March, the sunset will be at 7:52 p.m., and 8 o’clock sunsets will finally arrive April 14, just over one month away.

Sunsets will be at 8 p.m. or later for 136 straight days, from mid-April to late-August. San Antonio’s latest sunsets happen at 8:37 p.m., occurring in late June and early July.

Cool Sunday

Thanks to the clocks moving forward an hour, the sunrise won’t happen until nearly 8 this morning. That’s when we’ll reach our chilly low temperatures of 45 degrees in San Antonio. Folks in the Hill Country will wake up to even chillier weather, in the upper 30s to the low 40s.

Just like Saturday, temperatures will warm up nicely throughout the day. San Antonio will reach the 50s just past 9 a.m. and touch the 60-degree mark around noon. High temperatures will reach about 66 degrees by 4 p.m., which is 6 degrees below average for March 10. No rain is expected, but ample high clouds will move in from the southwest, making for mostly cloudy skies.

Rapid warmup on the way

After another chilly start to the day Monday, temperatures will rise quickly, reaching the low to mid-70s Monday afternoon under mostly sunny skies. On Tuesday, high temps will rise an additional 4 to 5 degrees, reaching the mid- to upper 70s in San Antonio.

The warmest day of the week is expected to be Wednesday. High temperatures are expected to reach 85 to 87 degrees in the Alamo City. Most of the state will be in the same boat, reaching the low to mid-80s in cities such as Dallas, Houston, and Austin. Isolated spots south of San Antonio, toward the Texas-Mexico border, could reach 90 degrees Wednesday.

Late-week rain

A large low-pressure system is expected to develop and move into the desert southwest by Thursday. It will help direct moisture from the eastern Pacific Ocean into the Lone Star State.

Rain chances will start to increase Thursday. However, chances are only about 30% in San Antonio because the lowpressure system still will be fairly far away. As the system draws closer Friday and into the weekend, rain chances will increase to about 40% to 60%. Some rain could also linger into next Sunday and Monday, depending on how fast the lowpressure system moves.